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FORE-WORD. 

npHE author in presenting to the family of 
Young this very incomplete history makes 
grateful acknowledgment of assistance rendered 
in collecting data from James Young (now de- 
ceased;, James H. Young, John Alexander 
Young, John Bruce Young, Ivliza J. Young 
(Gardner), Robert Smith Young, Jesse J. Kerr, 
Elizabeth Young Be>ttie, Mary K. vSmith, Basil 
Tipton, Helen Wilson, H. B. Finney and Orace^ 
Finney Johnson, and to those who have assisted 
in its publication : Alexander Hueston Young, 
John Alexander Young, James H. Young, 
Letitia Young Palmer, Elizabeth Stewart, Dr. 
John N. vSmith and Dr. H. B. Finney. 

The cover was designed and presented by 
Edward Eyestone Young. 

The facts contained in the little volume, 
though meager, have been culled from many 
sources and have occupied much time and 
research, l)ut it has been a " labor of love," and 
the only regret on the part of the author is that 
it was not undertaken before so many of those 
who were familiar with the Young history, had 
passed to the great Beyond — to that land where 
they are indeed Td^tjoiirs Jcunc. 

Laura Ann Young Finney. 

San Francisco. 



I. 

^npHK name Young, according to the majority 
of genealogists is of German origin and 
was first spelled "Jong." In the English form 
it is variously spelled Yong, Yonge, Younge and 
Young. The earliest record we have of the 
family in England is that of Willi le Yonge of 
the 14th century. 

The family names of which this is a history 
are Thomas Kent, James, John and Alexander. 
These except Alexander appear in English 
genealogy as early as the i6th century and in 
those mentioned in Scotland and Ireland as early 
as the 15th century. 

In Burke's Landed Gentry we read of one 
John Younge, of Landsend, in the parish of 
Colebrook, whose two sons Nathaniel and James 
quarreled because of a difference of opinion 
regarding the execution of Charles I, and for 
this cause Nathaniel changed the spelling of his 
name to Young. This is the first record we find 
pf the name spelled in this way, and the^:^ i§ 



reason for us to believe that upon this incident 
our name Young is founded. 

It is said that thirty coats of arms have been 
granted to the different branc hes of the Young 
family in England, this fact is evidence of the 
high social position of the family in the mother 
country. Of the early emigrants to America 
there are several distinct families of Youngs not 
related to each other in any way. The first in 
point of time was Richard Young, who for fifty 
pounds Oi English money purchased two hun- 
dred acres of land in the territory of Plymouth, 
Mass, thereby becoming a shareholder in the 
company, in the first settlement ot that colony. 

Tradition gives Captain Thomas Young as 
the first ancestor of our family in America, and 
after careful study and comparison with many 
authorities, we are convinced that tradition in 
this case, is truth. 

Captain Thomas Young was the son of Gregory 
and Susannah Young, of Yorkshire, England. 
Gregory Young was born at Bedale, Yorkshire, 
and died in 1610. His wife Susannah died in 
1:615, and both are buried at St. Peters, Coru» 



hill, London. We have only found the names of 
three children ; Thomas, our supposed ancestor, 
Susannah, who married Robert Evelyn and 
Catharine who married John Morris. 

Thomas Young was born August lo, i579> 
in London. He obtained a captain's commission 
from the King, September 1633, authorizing him 
to fit out ships and make explorations in 
America. Two sons of his sister Susannah, 
George and Robert Evelyn accompanied him on 
his expedition. ^ 

In Vol. Ill Narrative and Critical History of 
America, a letter written by Captain Young 
gives an account of this voyage in the quaint 
language of that period. From this letter we 
give a few extracts as follows : 

"July 3, toward sunsett we arrived between 
the capes which are called Cape Charles and 
Henry. About one of the clock, we came to 
anchor, the tide being spent, within three miles 
of Point Comfort, which is some several leagues 
from the capes and it lieth upon the mouth of 
James River, whereon standeth a newly erected 
fort which commands the river. ' ' He also says : 



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' ' All my own men on my ship are, God be 
praysed, in very good health, though my Vice 
Admiral hath been shrewdly visited with a 
pestilential fever whereof about sixty have been 
sick and twelve dead thereof, but they are now 
most of them recovered." 

Entering Delaware Bay on the 24th of July, 
1634, he sailed up the river which he named 
Charles in honor of the King and by September 
I St had reached the falls above Trenton. In a 
report from this river dated October 20, 1634, he 
writes : "I passed up this great river with 
purpose to have pursued the discovery thereof 
till I had found the great lake from which the 
great river issues, and from thence I have par- 
ticular reason to believe there doth issue some 
branches, one or more, by which I might have 
passed into that Mediterranean Sea, which the 
Indian relateth to be four days journey beyond 
the mountains, but having passed fifty leagues 
up the river, I was stopped from further pro- 
ceedings by a ledge of rocks which crosseth the 
river." He then expresses a determination the 
next summer to build a vessel above the falls 



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from whence he hoped to find " a way that 
leadeth into that Mediterranean Sea," and from 
the lake. 

He continues : "I judge that it cannot be less 
than one hundred and fifty or two hundred 
leagues in length to our northern ocean. From 
thence I propose to discover the mouths thereof, 
which discharge both into the North and South 
Sea. 

In the Historical Magazine, second series. Vol. 
IV, page 75, the following sketch of Captain 
Thomas Young's explorations appear, written 

by who offers it as a tribute to the 

" honor of one of our country's early explorers, 
but little known in its annals : ' ' 

" Before Calvert and his colony sailed fo^ 
Chesapeake, Captain Thomas Young of London, 
a gentleman of influence received a special com- 
mission from the King, dated September 23, 
1633, and published in Rymer's Faedera au- 
thorizing him to fit out ships, appoint officers, 
and explore all territories in America, with the 
understanding that his movements would not be 
impeded by any who had received patents for 



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other portions of the country. Among the 
officers appointed were Robert Evelyn, a nephew 
of Captain Young as lieutenant, Alexander 
Baker of St. Holborn's parish, Middlesex, 
released from prison where he had been confined 
as a recusant, to become cosmographer of the 

expedition because skilled in mines and the try- 
ing of metals ; also a man named Scott com- 
missioned as a surgeon. In July, 1634, with 
two ships. Captain Thomas Young reached 
Jamestown, Va. He remained there only long 
enough to construct a shallop to be used in ex- 
ploring rivers, when he sailed up the Delaware 
and established a post which he named Kriwomek. 
The site of this post where Captain Young and 
his party spent some four years trading with the 

Indians and working unprofitable gold mines, 

has, been identified as " Where the Pensauken/ 

Creek falls into the Delaware, it being one of the 

centers from which a colony was to radiate ana 

fill the territory that now constitutes Pennsylvania 

and New Jersey, with an industrious and happy 

people. ' ' 



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From the Narrative and Critical History of 
America, Vol. Ill, we have still another account 
of the same expedition : ' ' Captain Thomas 
Young, of a Yorkshire family and his nephew, 
Lieutenant Robert Evelyn of Wooten Surrey, 
undertook a voyage on- special commission of 
the King, dated September 23, 1633, to discover 
parts of America not actually in the possession of 
any Christian Prince. They sailed from Fal- 
mouth on Fridaj^ May 16, 1634, arriving 
between Capes Charles and Henry, July 3rd 
of the same year. They sailed from Va., on 
July 20th, to explore the Delaware for a passage 
to the Mediterranean Sea, said by the Indians to 
be four days journey beyond the mountains. 
Through this passage they expected to discover 
an outlet to the Pacific Ocean. 

On July 25th, they entered Delaware Bay and 
proceeded up the river which they named 
Charles in honor of the King, conversing, and 
trading with the Indians. On the 29th of August 
they were stopped by the rocks and shallows since 
known as Trenton Falls. 



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On September ist they were overtaken b}' a 
party of Hollanders of Hudson River whom 
Captain Young entertained a few days then 
requested to return, sending with them Lieuten- 
ant Evelyn as an escort. They continued their 
explorations to the mouth of the Schuylskill 
River where they built a fort and named it 
Eriwomek, which they held until about 1642. 

From Neill's Founders of Maryland, we find 
that Captain Young lived for some 3'ears on a 
plantation on the Delaware River, " midway be- 
tween Virginia and New England." Among the 
Youngs of this locality we find one James whom, 
from facts gathered from many sources, we 
believe to have been a son of Captain Thomas 
Young and the direct ancestor from which our 
line is descended. 

Captain Young later lived, for a time, on Kent 

Island, and at last purchased a farm in James 

City County, Virginia, where he is supposed to 

have died. Another of his sons, Thomas, was a 

commissioned officer in the army and from the 

record office, London, we get the following : 
" An account of the estate of Thomas Young, 



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who was taken prisoner, he being an officer in 
the Rebellion (Bacon's 1675-76) was condemned 
by conrt martial and executed in York County, 
Va. , in January last, (1675 or 76.) This'being 
taken upon oath of Mary, his relict who hath 
given bonds for the same — a plantation with a 
good dwelling house ; a very good tobacco house 
and an indifferent good orchard, their seat being 
four hundred acres of land in James City County, 
Vir2:inia." 

In a letter of that period he is addressed as 
"Captain Young of Chickahominy." These 
two, James and Thomas, are the only sons of 
Captain Thomas Young that we have been able 
to find anything like positive information con- 
cerning, and most of this has been found in 
connection with the Evelyns in America and 
from letters written by Robert Evelyn, and yet 
it is reasonable to suppose that the families of 
this name in that locality are also his descendants, 
owing to the sparsely settled conditions at that 
time. 

James^ Young is frequently mentioned in the 
Archives of Pennsylvania, and in the annals of 



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Maryland in connection with the Indian troubles 
more especiall}^ showing that he was a man of 
some importance in the community. 

His son James^ is described as a respectable 
free-holder of Pennsboro, who died in 1748 or 
49, and whose will we find in the records of 
Lancaster County, Penn. He mentions as his 
heirs James Jr'^ John, Rebecca, Margaret, Mary 
and Genet. Another will is also found in the 
records of this county, that of Alexander Young, 
of Paxton township, proved in 1751 who was 
without doubt a brother of James\ 



II. 

THO.VIAS AND ANN POTTER YOUNG 

AND 

DESCENDANTS. 

'OROM this somewhat uncertain part of our 
family history we now pass to our first 
known ancestor, Thomas Young, supposed to be 
son of James^ Jr., son of James", son of James', 
son of Captain Thomas Young, the explorer. 
His wife, Ann Potter, w^as of Scottish birth and 
claimed relationship with Sir William Wallace. 
From vf^ry scant and scattered records we find 
that to Thomas^ Young and Ann Potter Young 
were born eight children, James^ Thomas, Re- 
becca, who married a man named Cox ; Mary, 
who married Samuel Kerr ; Samuel Potter and 
Alexander, and two daughters whose names we 
have not been able to learn for the reason that 
they were married and remained in Pennsyl- 
vania, when Thomas, or Thomas Kent Young, 
as he is often called, and his family, emigrated 
to Kentucky. 



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Thomas^ Young was a soldier in the Revolu- 
tionary War. From the records at Washington 
we l.a\e the following: 

" The records of this office show that one 
Thomas^ Young served as a private in Capt. 
William Scull s company, Eleventh Regiment, 
commanded by Col. Himpton. He enlisted from 
Westmorland Count3^ Pa., on January 2, 1777, 
and his name last appears on a roll dated Sep- 
te.nber 5, 1777, without special remark relative 
to his service. B}^ authority of the Secretary of 
War (signed) F. C. Ainsworth, chief of office." 



James^ Young, eldest son of Thomas and Ann 
Potter Young, was born in Westmorland County, 
Pennsylvania, April 17, 1766, and died in F em- 
ing County, Kentucky, September 25, 1836. 

James^ Young married Nancy Smith May 3, 
1 79 1. She was born also in Pennsylvania on 
March 17, 1764, and died September 18, 1836, 
in Pleming County, Kentucky. 



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The following is the story that has been told 
of their courtship and marriage, in the families 
of their descendants, even to the present time : 

The families, Young and Smith, fell into com- 
pany as they were emigrating from Pennsylvania 
to Kentucky. The young couple, James and 
Nancy, thus met and soon fell in love with each 
other. The Smiths were people of means, how- 
ever, and James* Young did not possess sufl&cient 
wealth to suit their plans for their daughter and 
his suit was promptly rejected. With that per- 
sistency which is a marked characteristic of the 
family he pressed his claim. At length Nancy 
yielded and soon after they reached Kentucky 
she rode behind him on the same horse to the 
cabin of a clergyman and they were married. 
Bravely they went out into the wilds of Kentucky 
to hew out their home. The first years were 
marked b disaster, crops destroyed and house 
burned by Indians. In this, their time of trial, 
Nancy's parents came to the rescue and gave 
their daughter a home while the resolute young 
husband started over again, re- built the house 
and improved the farm in the wilderness. Tra- 



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dition does not tell, but the facts show that his 
efforts were crowned with success this time for at 
his death he was owner of a valuable farm of 390 
acres near Flemingsburgh, Kentucky. 

The archives of Pennsylvania show that he 
was a private in the company of Capt. Munn in 
the Sandusky expedition against the Indians 
in 1782. 

To James^ and Nancy Smith Young there were 
born ten children : Alexander'^ Robert Smith, 
Mary, Ann, Rebecca, Nancy, Betsy, Sally, James^ 
Harvey and John. 



Of Thomas^ son of Thomas"' Kent and Ann 
Potter Young we have only been able to learn 
the name of one child, Benjamin, who married 
Betsy McClary. They lived in Fleming County, 
Kentucky, where they reared a family of twelve 
children : John Alexander, James Harvey, 
Thomas Edgar, Margaret, Mary, Martha, Benja- 
min, Robert, Elizabeth, George, Leonidas and 
William. Margaret married George Porter ; 
Martha was unmarried ; Elizabeth married Isaa 



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Jones. Thomas^ Young died at the home of his 
son Benjamin, Fleming County, Kentuck}^ but 
was buried in the family burying ground of his 
sister, Mary Young Kerr's son, Samuel Kerr, 
near Maysville, Mason County, Kentucky. 



Rebecca, daughter of Thomas^ Kent and Ann 
Potter Young, married a man named Cox We 
have been unable to learn anything of his family. 



Mary, daughter of Thomas^ Kent and Ann 
Potter Young, married Thomas Kerr. To them 
were born four children : Samuel, James, Jane 
and Elizabeth. 

Samuel, son of Mary Young Kerr, married a 
Miss Ware. To them were born four children : 
Samuel, Jesse, Thomas and Susan. 

Of James, son of Mary Young Kerr, we know 
little except that he represented his county 
(Park) several times in the Legislature of 
Indiana. 



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Jane, daughter of Mar}^ Young Kerr, married a 
man by the name of Fleming and they lived in 
Indiana. 

Elizabeth, daughter of Mary Young Kerr, 
married a man by the name of Seybole ; they 
lived in Indiana. 

Samuel, eldest son of Samuel Kerr, married 
Elizabeth Chamberlain. To them were born 
nine children : Mary Susan, Henrietta B., 
Thomas S., Lewis, Bettie P., John C, Florence, 
Louise T. and Clarence. 

Jesse J., second son of Samuel Kerr, married 
Elizabeth Alexander in Mason County, Ken- 
tucky. To them w^ere born five children : 
William T. , a real estate dealer; Samuel P., a 
carpenter ; Charles, a lawyer, now in Lexington, 

Kentucky ; Bessie F, ; Harry T. , a civil engineer 
in New York City. Jesse J. and Elizabeth Alex- 
ander Kerr, with three of their children, live in 
Kansas City, Missouri. 



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Tl-omas, thirJ vSon of Sannel Kerr, married 
Mary Chamberlain. To them were born nine chil- 
dren : Sarah E., Susan, Frank, Ezekiel, I. aura, 
Mary, James, Jesse and Jennie C. 

Susan, daughter of Samuel Kerr, married 
Johnson A. Power and to them were born ten 
children : James K. , x\nna E. , Jesse K., Joseph, 
Harrv, Henrietta, Sue, Bettie, Frank, Clifton 
and William. Susan Kerr Power and her family 
live in Sandoval, Illinois. 



Samuel Potter, son of Thomas Kent and Ann 
Potter Young, lived in Ohio, was a potter by 
profession. Of his family, if he had one, we 
have been unable to learn an^^thing. He died 
and is buried at West Union, Ohio. 



Alexander^ son of Thomas Kent and Ann 
Potter Young was born June 14, 1783. Married 
Elizabeth Ricketts, and lived first in Fleming 
County, Kentucky. From there he emigrated 



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to Rus'i Cjunty, Indiana, and then?e to Wash- 
ington County, Iowa. To them were born eleven 
children : Mary Ann, Matilda, John Alexander, 
James X., Betsy, Samuel Potter, Edward, Charles 
T., Thomas Kent, Richard C. and Margaret. 

Alexander Young and his wife were members 
of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was an 
anti-slavery man, a warm admirer of Abraham 
lyincoln. On Nov^ember 4, i860, he cast his 
ballot for Lincoln for President, returned home 
and said to his wife : "I shall never vote again, 
and on that very evening he passed to his rest." 

Mary Ann, daughter of Alexander^ Young, was 
born March 10, 1808. Married Jacob Plough in 
1830 in Rush County, Indiana. To them were 
born five children : Caroline, Mary Jane, 
Amanda, John and Wm. Jasper. 

Caroline, daughter of Mary Ann Young 
Plough, was born August i, 1831. Married 
Thomas Young. To them were born five chil- 
dren : John, Anna, Leander, Morton and MoUie. 



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Mary Jane, daughter of Mary Ann Young 
Plough, was born December 22, 1832. Married 
George D. Lowden. To them were born three 
children : Carey, Edmund and Anna 



Amanda, daughter of Mary Ann Young Plough, 
was born January 18, 1835. Married Jesse L,. 
Fine, and to them were born three children : 
Modell, Littleton and Jasper. 



John, son of Ma y Ann Young Plough, was 
born April 16, 1837. Married Anna A. Wamsley, 
December 21, 1859, of' Cincinnati, Ohio, who 
was a cousin several times removed of George 
Washington. To them were born five children : 
Mary Lulu, October 5, i860, Jasper W. , Decem- 
ber 24, 1 86 1, Erastus, January 6, 1866, Nellie, 
November 6, 1878, Jacob^ March 25, 1880. 

John Plough enlisted in the service of his coun- 
try in August, 1 86 1, in Company I, 66th Indiana 
volunteers. Rush County, Indiana, and served 
until October 29, 1862. 



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William Jasper, son of Mary Ann Young 
Plough, was born December 26, 1838, was un- 
married and died August 29, 1888. 

Matilda, second daughter of Alexander Young, 
was born November 25, 1809. Married James 
Wilson, June 29, 1826, in Rush County, Indiana, 
where they made their first home. Later they 
emigrated to Washington County, Iowa. To 
them were born seven children : William Har 
per, Minerva Ann, Harriett Jane, Robert Alex- 
ander, James Andrew, John Wesley and Parker 
Cummings. 

William Harper, son of Matilda Young Wil- 
son, was born September 20, 1827. Married 
Mary E. Ingle, September 12, 1853. To them 
were born three children : Horace Greely, Wiley 
Guthrie and Josephine. William Harper Wilson 
deceased date could not find 

Minerva Ann, daughter of Matilda Young 
Wilson, was born September 19, 1829. Married 



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Joseph Williamson and emigrated from Wash- 
ington, Iowa, to Portland, Oregon. To them 
were born two children : John, November 8, 
1853, Ann, November 18, 1855. 

Harriet Jane, daughter of Matilda Young Wil- 
son, was born October 15, 1831, died August 24, 
1832. 

Robert Alexander, son of Matilda Young 
Wilson, was born February 4, 1833. Married 
Amelia Doner, August 19. i860, resides at Blue 
Springs, Nebraska. To them were born three 
children : Emma K., February 2, 1864, Ella 
M., May 26, 1868, Harry M., July 6, 1872. 

James Andrew, son of Matilda Young Wilson, 
was born June 21, 1836, was educated for the 
ministry at the Wesleyan University, Mount 
Pleasant, Iowa, began to preach in 1859. Mar- 
ried Eliza Messenger, January 25, i860, was 
appointed Chaplain of the Second Iowa Infantry, 
January 5, 1861, and served to the close of the 
war. In 1883 he retired from the ministry 
because of ill health. In 1884 he removed to 



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Chadren, Nebraska, was Justice of the Peace 
there, also County Judge for a term. To them 
were born three children : Florence Addie, Feb- 
ruary 21, 1864, Lottie Mary, May i, 1866, Helen 
Maude, March 16, 1870. 

John Wesley, son of Matilda Young Wilson, 
was born October 3, 1840. Married Eliza A. 
Wilson September 10, 1866, and engaged in the 
lumber business in Wilton Junction, Iowa, where 
he now resides. To them were born three chil- 
dren : Clarence Herbert, October 26, 1869, Nellie 
Mabel, January i, 1872, Carl Raymond, March 
8, 1876. John Weslc}'^ Wilson enlisted in the 
Civil War on May 27, 1861, served through the 
war and was honorably discharged August 16, 
1865. 

Parker Cummings, son of Matilda Young Wil- 
son, was born August 21, 1844. Married Amy 
Walker, May 28, 1867. To them were born 
three children : Frank, June 5, 1868, Fred, March 
12, 1870, Willis, May 30, 1872. Parker Cum- 
mings Wilson served three years in the Civil 



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War, was severely wounded in one engagement. 
He served State Mine Inspector for the State of 
Iowa for seven years, and as Street Commissioner 
of Des Moines, Iowa, for four years. He died at 
Perry, Iowa, September 29, 1894. 



John Alexander, son of Alexander Young, 
was born November 3, 18 13. Married Nancy 
Eyestone, March 3, 1836. Their home was 
first in Indiana and later they emigrated to 
Washington county, Iowa, where they entered 
and improved a large and valuable farm 

John Alexander Young and his wife weie 
earnest Christians, members of the Methodist 
Church, and together wnth his brother, James N 
Young, his wife's father, John Eyestone, and a 
fe ^ other pioneer settlers built Roberts Chapel, 
on a plot of ground off his'farm and laid out a 
cemetery in its yard. This chapel served for 
n^an3^ years as a house of worship for the people 
of that part of the county and in the cemetery 
tbey laid tUeir dead. T^ie chapel fell inio disuse 



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and has recently been removed, railroad town^ 
near by proving more convenient for churches. 

To them were born ten children : William 
Alex:inder'\ Eliza Jane, John Bruce, Elizabeth 
Alice, Edward Harvey, Charles Wesley, Nancy 
Margaret, Clara Lavinia, Maria Louisa, R.ankin 
Corwin. 

William Alexander■^ son of John Alexander 
Young, was born December 13, 1837, was un- 
married, and died April 14, 1859. 

Eliza Jane, daughter of John Alexander Young, 
was born April 26, 1840. Married Samuel C. 
Gardner April 26, 1866. Their first home was 
on a farm near Lexington, Iowa ; they now li\e 
in Washington, Iowa. To them were born two 
children : Howard Burrell and Aner Edna. 
Howard Burrell is married and has one child, 
lives on a farm near Lexington, Iowa. 

John Bruce, son of John Alexander Young, 
was born eptember 10, 1843. Married Aner E. 
Winders, on h r death married Emma Lilly. To 
this marriage was born four children : Ed^^^ 



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Rankin, George Lilly, Mary and Jennie Lillis. 
On the death of his second wife, John Bruce 
Young married Viola C. Eyestone. H s home 
has always been in Washington county, Iowa, 
where he still lives. He served two terms as 
county clerk of Washington county, Iowa. On 
August 5, 1 86 1, he enlisted in Company C 8th 
Iowa Infantry, though but seventeen years of 
age ; went into camp at Davenport, Iowa, and in 
September was ordered to St. Louis, Missouri, 
from there to SedaUa and Syiacuse, then to 
Springfield and then again to Sedalia, Missouri, 
where he had measles and typhoid fever, was 
first sent to a hospital in St. Louis and later fur- 
loughed, and nally discharged and sent home 
for di-abilit}^ April 26, 1862, on the doctor's 
staten.ent that he had but a few months at best 
to live. "Being," as he says, "too contrary to 
die as predicted," he recovered and re-enlisted 
February 12, 1864, in Company H Second Iowa 
Infantr\' and joined the regiment at Pulaski, 
Tennessee, and was with it in ever}^ battle or 
skirmi.^h in which it was engaged to the end of 
the war. Was wounded at Dallas, Georgia, 



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losing his right eye ; was also wounded August 
3, 1864 at Atlanta, Georgia. 

In referring to his experien':es during the 
Civil War he says : " One of the saddest things 
I now recall was in North Carolina before the 
surrender of Johnson to Sherman, a detail of ten 
or twelve of our men were on guard duty inside 
the picket line. Many of Lee's men's homes 
were near by and as they were paroled they were 
allowed to pass the lines to their homes. Poor 
fellows ! What a home-coming it was for most 
of them ! Nothing left but a wretched cabin or 
two and their families gone or living on charity ! 
They were artillery men and rode their worn-out 
army mules, but brave boys they were, and those 
who kept their records clean under the discour- 
agements of that time are worthy to be called 
heroes." He was mustered out at Louisville, 
Kentucky, July 12, 1865, was present and passed 
in the Grand Review of the army at Washington, 
D. C, May, 1865. 

Elizabeth Alice, daughter of John Alexander 
Young, \YavS borti Noverpiber 3, \^^, U^rxk^ 



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Frank M. Marvel. To them were born three 
children, Harry, Emma Gertrude, and Clara 
Bstelline. 

Alice Elizabeth Young Marvel and her son 
Harry and daughters Emma Gertrude and Clara 
Estelline are deceased. 

Edward Harvey, son of John Alexander Young, 
was born October 5, 1848. Married Clara Brind- 
ley. To them were born eight children : Don 
Howard, Everette Brindley, Arthur Rankin, Ed- 
ward Harvey, Joe John, Eois Annette, Pearl 
Viola, and Mary Ann. 

Charles Wesley Young was born July 26, 1851. 
Married Margaret Vincent, March 5, 1878. To 
them were born six children : Raymond Vin- 
cent, Ada Mary, John James, Charles Frank, 
Grace Jane, Rankin. 

Nancy Margaret, daughter of John Alexander 
Young, was born March 27, 1854. Married 
James Harvey McCall, September 17, 1884. 

Nancy Margaret Young McCall died July 11, 
1886. 



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Clara Lavinia, daughter of John Alexander 
Young, was born October 29, 1856. Married 
Joseph W. Illingsworth. To them were born 
three children : Harry Chester, Mary Gertrude, 
Maud Wilder. 

Maria Louise, daughter of John Alexander 
Young, was born March 29, 1859. Died April 
14, 1859. 

Rankin Corwin, son of John Alexander 
Young, was born January 4, 1862. Married 
Maggie Pierson, June 13, 1888. To them were 
born five children ; we have only the names of 
the two youngest, Walter Pierson and Carl 
Lawrence. Rankin Corwin Young died at his 
home in Omaha, Nebraska, in 1903. 



James N. , son of Alexander and Elizabeth 
Ricketts Young, was born February 7, 181 6. 
Married Sallie Hyestone, in 1837, to whom were 
born two children, John Alexander and James 
Harvey. 



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John Alexander, son of James N. Young, was 
born July 29, 1838. Married Elizabeth A. Run- 
3'on. To them were born tw^o children : Ella A., 
September 30, 1861, Harvey S. , May 15, 1866. 

Ella A. Young married A. W. Hall and their 
children are : Fred Young, James Norman, Har- 
vey W., Dorothy and Marjorie. 

Harvey S. Young married I^ucinda Parmale3\ 
Their children are Hoyt R., Helen I^. and Ruth 
E. 

John Alexander Young enlisted as a private in 
Company A., 25th Regiment Infantry, Iowa Vol- 
unteers, August 15, 1862, at Washington, Iowa. 
Captain D. J. Palmer, Col. Geo. A. Stone. Went 
into camp September i, 1862, at Mt. Pleasant, 
Iowa. Was ordered from there to Helena, Ar- 
kansas, was engaged in the battles of Chicka- 
saw Bayou in 1862, and in Arkansas Post, siege of 
Vicksburgh, Jackson, Cherokee Station, Lookout 
Mountain, Missionary Ridge and Taylor's Gap 
in 1863. He was a participant in the almost con- 
tinuous battles in the Atlanta campaign from 
Chattanooga, Tenn., to Atlanta, Ga., and in the 
famous '* March to the Sea," with Sherman end- 



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ing December 25, 1864 ; was with his regiment in 
the skirmishes and battles in the march from 
Savannah, Ga., through the Carolinas and in the 
battle of Columbia, S. C.,; also at Bentonville, 
N.C. , thence to Raleigh after Johnson's surrender ; 
was present and participated in the grand review at 
Washington, D. C. and was honorably discharged 
and arrived at his home in Washington, Iowa, 
June 15, 1865, where he still resides. He was 
slightly wounded at Arkansas Post an^i also at 
Taylor's Gap. Was severely wounded at Re- 
secca, Georgia, May 15, 1864. He was pro- 
moted to Second lyieutenant, First Lieutenant 
and Captain of his company. In 1871 was elec- 
ted County Auditor of Washington County, 
served two years. In 1874 was elected Assist- 
ant Cashier of the Washington National Bank, 
and in July 1878 was elected Cashie • of this 
bank and still retains this position. He was 
elected to the legislature of Iowa in 1900. 

James Harvey, son of James N. Yoimg, was 
born October 20, 1840. Married Martha Tipton, 
April, i860. To them were born one son, 



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Charles. James Harvey Young enlisted in Com- 
pany C. , of the Sth Regiment, Iowa Infantry, 
Captain W. B. Bell, Col. Geddes, in September, 
iS6i, was in the campaign in Missouri. In the 
battle of Shiloh he was shot and instantly killed ; 
is buried in the National Cemetery at that place. 
On the death of Sallie Eyestone Young, James 
N. Young married Martha J. Coon. To them 
were born fifteen children : Elizabeth, Samuel 
Potter, Mary, William H., Edward A., Morris 
Fletcher, Martha J., Parker L., Robert F. , Riley 
S., Minnie A , Newton E., Ida L,., George E. , 
Flournoy C. James N. Young lived first in 
Indiana, then emigrated to Washington County, 
Iowa. He entered and improved a large farm 
adjoining his brother, John Alexander, before 
mentioned, where his family was born and 
reared. In 1874, or thereabouts he removed to 
Kansas, where he died January 25, 1898. His 
wife followed him one week later, February i , 
1898. 

Elizabalh, daughter of James N. Young, was 
born July 28, 1844. Married Henry Beatty, To 



them were born five children : Minnie, William, 
Annie, James and John. 

Samuel Potter, son of James N. Young, was 
born September ii, 1845. Married Viola Rey- 
nolds. To them were born five children : Hal, 
Cleora, James, Anna and Flora. 

Mar3% daughter of James N. Young, was born 
October 20, 1S46, deceased. 

William H. , son of James N. Young, was born 
April II, 1848, deceased. 

Elward A., son of James N. Young, was born 
November 18, 1849. Married Alice Quinn. To 
them were born two children, Charles and Mabel. 

Morris Fletcher, son of James N. Young, was 
born January 16, 1851. Married May Eckles. 
To them were born lour children : Carrie, 
Howard, Ralph and Frank. 

Martha J. , daughter of James N. Young, was 
born September i6, 1852. Married William Burt. 



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To them were born two children, Clement and 
Minnie. 

Parker L. , son of James N. Young, was born 
January 8, 1854. Deceased. 

Robert F. , son of James N. Young, was born 
De ember 20, 1855. Married Maggie Taylor. 
To them were born seven children : Alma, Alva, 
Minnie, Blanche, Eva, Fern and Roy. 

Riley S., s n of James N. Young, was bor 
i\ugust 5th, 1857. Married Elishinia Copeland. 
To them were bo- n four children : Gertie, War- 
ren, Hdna and Charles. 

Minnie A. , daughter of James N. Young, was 
born February 7, 1859. Deceased. 

Newton E , son of James N. Young, was born 
February 8, i860. Deceased. 

Ida ly. , daughter of James N. Young, was born 
March 19, 1861. Married David Haines. To 
them were born four children : Eva, Euella, 
Floyd, and Mary. 



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Ida Iv. Young Haines deceased. 

George B., son of James N. Young, was born 
February 21, 1863, Married Nettie Vanbuskirk. 

Flournoy C, son of James N. Young, was born 
November 10, 1864. Married Nora Colegrove. 
To them were born two children : Velma and 
Clark. 



Betsy, daughter of Alexander and Elizabeth 
Ricketts Young, was born January 5, 1818. Mar- 
ried William Giltner in 1837. To them were 
born nine children . John, Alexander, Milton, 
Sarah E. , Martha J., George W., William H., 
Frank, Elmer E. 

William Giltner died September 12, 1897. 
Betsy Young Giltner died at Agency City, Iowa, 
January 18, 1900. 

John, son of Betsy Young Giltner, was born 
August 4, 1838. Married Mary Norman De- 
cember ist, 1859. To them were born six chil- 



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dren : Clara, Edward L. , Flora M., Walter, 
Mollie E , Mattie E. 

John Giltner enlisted in the 22d Regiment 
Iowa Volunteers August 9, 1862. Served his 
country for three years. He participated in the 
following battles : Port Gibson ; Champion Hill ; 
Jackson, Miss.; BlacK River Bridge ; Vicksburgh, 
May 22, 1863; Siege of Vicksburgh ; Battle of 
Winchester, September 19, 1864; Fisher's Hill 
and Cedar Creek. Was severely wounded in the 
leg in the last-named battle. Saw General Sheri- 
dan arrive on the field riding his black horse 
white with foam, after his famous ride of twenty 

miles from Winchester. 

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Alexander, son of Betsy Young Giltner, was 
born December 23, 1840. Married Abbie Rob- 
erts August, 1865. To them were born five 
children: Jasper, Fred, George R., Elmer E. , 
Roy A. 

On the death of his wife, Abbie Roberts, 
Alexander Giltner married Fannie Jones. 

Milton H., son of Betsy Young Giltner, was 



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born May i8, 1844. Married Mary C. Wright, 
March 3, 1864. To them were born five chil- 
dren : Charles E. , January 18, 1865 ; Gene M., 
August 16, 1869; Bertha A., December 8, 1872 ; 
Lena A., October 14, 1876 ; James G., Novem- 
ber II, 1880. Milton H. Giltner died Septem- 
ber 7, 1899. 

Sarah E. , daughter of Betsy Young Giltner, 
was born April i, 1848. Married E. D. Fair 
August II, 1869. To them were born six chil- 
dren : Bert, Loie, Amy, Jessie, Pearl, and 
William. 

Martha J., daughter of Betsy Young Giltner, 
was born November 11, 1850. Married Thomas 
J. Sloan. To them was born one child, William 
G., September 22, 1876. 

George W., son of Betsy Young Giltner, was 
born February 26, 1853. Married Susan Darr, 
November 12, 1872. To them were born three 
children : Lizzie, Norton, Bert. 

William H., son of Betsy Young Giltner, was 



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born March 25, 1856. Married Cora Wright 
September 27, 1874. To them were born two 
children : Orval A. and Beulah F. 

Frank, son of Betsy Young Giltner, was born 
November 10, 1858. Married Philinia Dimmitt 
September 29, 1876. To them was born one 
child, Clifford, August 2, 1882. 



Samuel Potter, son of Alexander^ Young, a 
lawyer, married Elizabeth Parker. To them 
were born four children : Elizabeth, Theresa, 
Florence and Edward. 



Edward, son of Alexander^ Young, was a phy- 
sician. Married Cordelia P. Hendee. To them 
were born two children : Barnum and Eli Hendee. 



Charles, son of Alexander^ Young, married 
Eva Bowers. To them were born two children : 
Miranda Belle and lyaura. 



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Thomas Kent, son of Alexander^ Young, mar- 
ried Elizabeth Parks. (Unable to get data of 

his family.) 



Richard C. R., son of Alexander^ Young, mar- 
ried Mary Tipton. To them were born twelve 
children : Jonathan T., Frank N., India (married 
Dove), Edward R. , Malinda (married Clark), 
David H., Alexander, Rose B., John W., Charles 
C, Margaret (married Davis) James J. 

Richard C. K. Young died in his home in 
Arizona, in 1903. 



Margaret, daughter of Alexander^ Young, mar- 
ried John Tipton. To them were born six chil- 
dren : Milton Harvey, William Curtis, Flora May, 
Clara Eoraine, Clarence Ellsworth, Basil Foster. 

Margaret Young Tipton died several years ago. 



III. 

A LEXA.NDER', eldest son of James* and 
^^ Nancy Smith Young, was born in Flem- 
ing County, Kentucky, April 20tli, 1792 ; mar- 
ried Mary Davis January 26tli, 18 15. Lived 
first in Fleming County, Kentucky, where their 
two first children were born : Nancy Stiith and 
Jane Craig. They then removed to Lewis 
County, Kentucky, and remained there some 
years. Three more children were born them : 
Martha Ann, John Davis and James^ The fam- 
ily then removed to Rush County, Indiana, 
where the remainder of the family was born, 

Robert Harvey, Alexander Hueston and Mary 
Margaret. 

In 1843 the family made its last move and set- 
tled in Washington County, Iowa. Iowa at that 
time was a territory and was but sparsely settled, 
the hunting ground of several tribes of Indians. 

Four miles northwest of Washington, the 
county seat of Washington County, Alexander 
Young entered 320 acres of government land, 



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part timber and part prairie land. A substantial 
house of hewn logs was built (is still standing 
April 21, 1904) and here his family was reared 
and here he and his wife lived to a ripe old age. 
They were Christians of the Covenanter type ; 
were members of the Associate Reformed — after- 
wards the Second United Presbyterian Church of 
Washington. Iowa. Alexander Young was one 
of a number of young men of Flemingsburgh, 
Kentucky, who formed a cavalry company under 
Captain Matthews, and riding their own horses 
and carrying their own guns served their country 
through the war of 181 2. 

He was with Gen. Harrison at the battle of the 
Thames — stood so near the General that he 
heard him give the command to * * fire ' ' in that 
engagement. 

They left their horses on an island near 
Detroit and served as infantry. They were mus- 
tered out at Detroit at the close of the war and 
mounting their horses rode home. 

To Alexander and Mary Davis Young were 
born eight children : Nancy Smith, Jane Craig, 
Martha Ann John Davis, James, Robert Harvey, 



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Alexander Hueston, Mary Margaret. 

Alexander Young died June i8, 1869, in his 
home and was buried in the old cemeter}' in 
Washington, Iowa. His wife, Mar}^ Davis 
Young, died October 9, 1876— seven years later 
— and is buried by his side. 

Nancy Smith, daughter of Alexander Young, 
was born May 11, 1817. Married Isaac N. 
Smith, cousin of her father, December 30, 1841. 
They settled on a tract of land near her father's 
farm. This land they improved and here their 
children were born and reared. In 1874 they 
removed to Oregon, purchased a farm in the 
beautiful Willamette Valley near Oakville, which 
is still the family homestead. 

Their children, eight in number, are : Mary 
Elizabeth, Martha Jane, Alexander Young, 
Buena Vista, John Newton, James Nesbit, 
Charles Sumner, Joseph Claybaugh. 

Nancy Young Smith died March 2, 1903, at her 
home in Oakville, and is buried in the cemetery 
of that place. 

Isaac N. Smith, her husband, died March 9, 
1900, and is buried beside her. 



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Mary Elizabeth, daughter of Nancy Young 
Smith, was born December 24, 1843. Married 
Thomas F. Smith March 10, 1871. 

Martha Jane, daughter of Nancy Young Smith, 
was born October 5, 1845, is unmarried and re- 
sides in the family home near Oakville. 

Alexander Young, son of Nancy Young Smith, 
was born December 17, 1847, is unmarried and 
lives in the family home. 

Buena Vista, daughter of Nancy Young Smith, 
was born April 27, 1850. Died October 18, 1852, 
at the home in Washington County, Iowa. 

John Newton, son of Nancy Young Smith, 
was born October i, 1852. Married Mattie 
Ellis June 28, 1883, and lives in Salem, Oregon. 
To them was born a daughter, Mabel. 

Mattie Ellis Smith died January 18, 1892. 

John Newton Smith w^as again married August 
31, 1899, to Cora Smith. He is a practicing 
physician of excellent reputation and is promi - 



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nent in the politics of Oregon, having served two 
terms in the State Legislature. 

James Nesbit, son of Nancy Young Smith, was 
born March i8, 1855, is unmarried and lives in 
the family home. 

Charles Sumner, son of Nancy Young Smith, 
was born January 23, 1857. Married Viola 
Wortley July 3, 1878. 

Joseph Claj^baugh, son of Nancy Young 
Smith, was born August 12, 1859. Married 
Emma Shambrook July 17, 1889. Is a physician 
and druggist and lives in Salem, Oregon. 



Jane Craig, daughter of Alexander Young, 
was bor 1 July 6, 1819 ; was unmarried and, as 
the oldest daughter after the marriage of her 
sister Nancy, she had charge of her father's 
household for many years. She was quiet and 
retiring in disposition, an earnest Christian and 
loved and honored by all who came under 



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her influence. She died Jul}', 1902, at the age of 
83 years in the old home where the greater part 
of her life was lived. Until within a year of her 
death she enjoyed good health and though not 
strong enough to do much of the active house- 
keeping she held her position as head of the 
household to the end. 



Martha Ann, daughter of Alexander Young, 
was born May i, 1822. Married Bennett Braw- 
ner November 9, 1848. One daughter, Amanda, 
was born to them, after which they were divorced 
and Martha married Daniel Jayne on October 20, 
1857. Two sons were born of this marriage, 
Robert and Andrew. 

Daniel Jayne enlisted in the Union Army in 
the ** sixties " and met death in battle in defense 
of his country. 

Martha Ann Young was thus left a widow 
with three children early in life, but like the 
brave woman she was she took up the task laid 
upon her and brought up her children to be an 
honor to herself and a credit to the famil}'' of 



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Young. She died at the home of her oldest son, 
Dr. Robert Jayne, in the Willamette Valley, 
Oregon, in 1901, at the age of 78 years. 

Amanda, daughter of Martha Ann Young 
Brawner, has been twice married, first to William 
Hayden. To them was born a daughter named 
Maud. Her second marriage w^as to Freeman 
Chesley, and to this marriage was born one 
son, James. 

Robert, son of Martha Ann Young Jayne, a 
practicing physician in Shedds, Oregon, married 
Sophie Junkin. To them was born a son, Harle. 

On the death of Sophie Junkin, Robert Jayne 
married Hattie . To them w^as born one son. 

Andrew, son of Martha Ann Young Jayne, is 
a lawyer by profession, and married Minnie 
Sperry. To them were born three sons. They 
reside in The Dalles, Oregon. 

John Davis, son of Alexander Young, was 
born Ma}^ 31, 1825. Married Maria Louisa Eye- 
stone, October 12, 1848, at the home of her 



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father, John Eyestone, in Washington County, 
Iowa. Upon land adjoining his father's farm he 
built a small log cabin, which after a few years 
was replaced with a frame house. In the winter 
of 1863 he sold this farm to his sister, Martha 
Jayne, and purchased another near the site of 
the present town of Keota in Keokuk County, 
Iowa, which at that time was a vast prairie. In 
1867 this farm was sold and in September of that 
year the family emigrated to Missouri and pur- 
chased a farm one and a half miles northwest of 
Carthage, the county seat of Jasper County. 

To John Davis and Maria Eyestone Young 
were born nine children, eight in Iowa and one 
in Missouri : Laura Ann, Rufina Florence, Wil- 
liam Harvey, lyOuisa Irene, Mary Alice, Nancy 
Belle, Agnes I^avinia, Clara Jane, Edward 
Eyestone. 

Laura Ann, daughter of John Davis Young, 
was born November 5, 1849. Married May 6, 
1876, Henry Beers Finney, M. D. To them 
was born a daughter, Grace Maria, on August 
26, 1 88 1. Their home is in San Francisco, 



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Rufina Florence, daughter of John ' Davis 
Young, was born N-m^embef-^r' 18 49 . Married 
Frank M. King November, 1877. To them was 
born a son, Herbert H. R., August 17, 1878. 
They live near Carthage, Mo. 

William Harvey, son of John Davis Young, 
was born April 25, 1854. Married Ella Hall 
August, 1893, in San Francisco, California. To 
them were born a daughter, Laura, and two 
sons, John Donald and Theodore William. They 
live in Santa Ana, California. 

Louisa Irene, daughter of John Davis Young, 
was born January 15, 1856. Married Wm. A. 
Roberts February 21, 1880. Two sons were 
born to them, Bruce, October 11, 1882, and 
Earle, March 25, 1886. They reside in San 
Francisco, California. 

Mary Alice, daughter of John Davis Young, 
was born January 22, 1858. Married William 
Carpenter February 21, 1880. To them were 
born two sons, Harold, January 28, 1883, and 
Malcolm, July 12, 1896, and a daughter, Edna, 



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May I, 1886. They live near FuUerton, 
California. 

Nancy Belle, daughter of John Davis Young, 
was born March 30, 1861. Married John S. Hoots 
September 3, 1884. To them were born five 
children : I,eona, April 2, 1887 ; Howard, 
November 19, 1890; Nina, June 28, 1892 ; Paul, 
November 9, 1895 ; Raymond, April 16, 1900. 

Raymond, son of Nancy Belle Young Hoots, 
died January i, 1902. Their home is in San 
Francisco, California. 

Agnes Lavinia, daughter of John Davis Young, 
was born April 26, 1863. Married J. W. Fowler 
on January 18, 1893. To them were born four 
children, Ward, March 5, 1895; Helen, July 
28, 1897; Ruth, December 3, 1899; Doris, 
April 9, 1902. Their home is in I^os Angeles, 
California. 

Clara Jane, daughter of John Davis Young, was 
born March 10, 1866. Married James Bradbeer 
May 15, 1902. Their home is in Los Angeles, 
California. 



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Edward Eyestone, son of John Davis Young, 
was born March ii, 1870, in Jasper County, 
Missouri. Is unmarried, an architect by profes- 
sion, and lives in San Francisco. 

The summer of 1S80 John Davis Young and 
family spent in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. 
Here the wife and mother died October 6. 
Her remains were conveyed to Carthage, Mis- 
souri, and buried in the Reagan Cemetery. 

In August, i88r, the old home near Carthage, 
Missouri, was leased and the family lived in 
Jasper, eight mile^ distant. The following year 
the home was sold and a new one bought in Jasper. 
In 1885 this was sold and the family removed to 
California, first locating in San Francisco, then in 
Healdsburg, then in Santa Rosa, and last in Los 
Angeles. John Davis Young and his wife were 
charter members of the First Presbyterian 
Church in Carthage, Missouri, Rev. John Pinker- 
ton, pastor. He was also one of the first elders 
elected in that church. During the Civil War 
he was a member of the Home Guards, but was 
not called to active military service. At his own 
home in L,os Angeles, June 8, 1896, he passed to 



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his reward. He was in apparently good health 
when, toward sunset of that day he was watering 
his garden and the summons came — a stroke of 
apoplexy — and without an hour of sickness or 
suffering " he was not " for God took him. 



James, son of Alexander Young, was born 
February ii, 1828, was unmarried. When a 
young lad the bursting of a gun cap caused the 
loss of one eye ; this disqualified him for military 
service in the Civil War. He had musical ability, 
however, and often drilled the young people in 
singing the patriotic songs of 1860-65. He was 
a member of the Second United Presbyterian 
Church of Washington, Iowa, and as the eldest 
son at home he managed the farm for many 
years, beloved by a wide circle of friends. Died 
October 17, 1903. 



Robert Harvey, son of Alexander Young, was 
born June 24, 1831, is unmarried. He enlisted 



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as a recruit for the 19th Regiment, Iowa Volun- 
teers, February 24, 1864, at Washington, Iowa. 
After a short stay in camp at Davenport, Iowa, 
he joined the regiment at Brownsville, Texas. 
Here his regiment was on guard of the Mexican 
frontier for six months, then was sent to New 
Orleans, and thence to Fort Morgan, Alabama. 
After the surrender of that fort they were sent to 
Barancas Florida, thence to Fort Gaines, and 
next to the siege of Spanish Port ; on its sur- 
render, the next port was Mobile, Alabama- 
On the 4th of July the recruits of the 19th Iowa 
Regiment were assigned to Company A., 29th 
Regiment Iowa Volunteers. In New Orleans, 
August 10, 1865, he was honorably discharged 
and reached home about August 22nd, where 
he still lives. 



Alexander Hueston, son of Alexander Young, 
was born August 13, 1834, is unmarried. He 
enlisted in Company C, 19th Regiment Iowa 
Volunteers, August 2, 1862. Left Washington 
on the 13th of August, went into camp at Keokuk, 



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Iowa ; Col. Crabb was in command of the regi- 
ment and his Captain was F. H. Stanton ; First 
Lieutenant, John S. Gray. His regiment was 
first ordered to St. Louis, Mo., then to Rolla 
and to Springfield to meet and oppose Price and 
Marmaduke. 

From Springfield they were ordered to Cassville 
and thence to Cross Hollows, here he was taken 
ill and was sent back to Springfield where he re- 
mained in the Campbell House Hospital for nearly 
two months. He re-joined his regiment January 
I, 1863, at Forsyth, Mo., and after three months 
the regiment was again sent to St. Louis. On 
May first of that year they were ordered to 
Vicksburg, Miss. " This, he says, was my first 
experience in battle," and with his regiment he 
was on the firing line till the surrender of that 
post. They wert then sent to Yazoo City and 
after a slight skirmish at that place, went to 
New Orleans. On the trip to New Orleans he 
became ill, and on his arrival entered the Marine 
Hospital, was afterward transferred from Com- 
pany C. , 19th Regiment Iowa Volunteers to the 
Second Battallion Veteran Reserve Corps, and 



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remained in the hospital as a nurse to the end of 
the war. He was promoted to the rank of Ser- 
geant and was honorably discharged on July i8, 
1865, reached home August 2, 1865, where he 
still lives. 

Mary Margaret, daughter of Alexander Young, 
was born iVpril 11, 1837. Married John Jayne, 
December 21, 1869. To them were born five 
children : Elmer, June 17, 1871 ; Edith, June 9, 
1872 ; Flora Belle, January 16, 1875 ; Hueston, 
July II, 1877 ; Clarence, November 20, 1880. 
Mary Margaret Young Jayne died July 4, 1893, 
at her home in Washington County, Iowa. 

Elmer Jayne died September 19, 1871. 

Edith is unmarried and since the death of her 
mother has kept her father's house. 

Flora Belle married W. P. Ross, November i-j, 
1900. She has two children and lives on a farm 
near Westchester, Iowa. 

Hueston and Clarence are unmarried and live 
with their father near Westchester, Iowa. 



IV. 

TOOBERT SMITH YOUNG, second son of 
James and Nancy Smith Young, was born 
in Fleming county, Kentucky, December 15, 
1793. Married his cousin Jane Smith. To 
Robert and Jane Smith Young was born a 
daughter named Elizabeth. (If there were other 
children we have not been able to get names). 

Elizabeth Young married John Smith, also her 
cousin, and they emigrated to Portland, Oregon. 
To Elizabeth Young and John Smith were born 
four children : James Thomas, Charles, Arah 
Jane, and Martha Lena. 

Elizabeth Young Smith died some years ago 
and is buried in Portland, Oregon, where her 
husband and children still reside. 



Mary Young, daughter of James and Nancy 
Smith Young was born December 15, 1795, in 
Bourbon county, Kentucky. Married John Stew- 
art December 21, 181 9. 



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To Mary Young and John Stewart were born 
nine children : Margaret, Nancy, James, Re- 
becca, David, Elizabeth, Alexander, John Smith 
and William N. 

Margaret Stewart, daughter of Mary Young 
Stewart, was born July 5, 1821, and married 
John S. Stewart. 

Their children are : Mary E. , Robert N. and 
I^ena Jane, and Emma L. 

Nancy, daughter of Mary Young Stewart, was 
born November 2, 1822. Married James Meek. 
To Nancy Stewart and James Meek were bjrn 
four children : John Adam, Sarah E. , David 
Milton, and Samuel L. 

James Young, son of Mary Young Stewart, 
was born March 23, 1824. Married Barbara 
Smith. To them were born four children : Ger- 
trude, Samuel, John, Julia. 

Rebecca, daughter of Mary Young Stewart, 
was born January 6, 1826, is unmarried. 



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David, son of Mary Young Stewart, was born 
November 9, 1827. Unmarried. 

Elizabeth, daughter of Mary Young Stewart, 
was born March 3, 1829, is unmarried, and 
lives with her sister Rebecca above mentioned 
with their brother, William Stewart's wife and 
son on a farm adjoining the old homestead where 
as she says : " We can look right into the door 
and it seems very near to us. ' ' 



Alexander, son of Mary Young Stewart, was 
born March 14, 1832. Married Martha Dale. 
To them was born one son, John D. 

John Smith, son of Mary Young Stewart, was 
born November 2, 1833, was unmarried. 

William N., son of Mary Young Stewart, was 
born December 8, 1835. Married Mary Douglass. 
To them was born a son, Charles, also J. D. 
Stewart, only child now living. 

William N. Stewart served in the Union army 
throughout the war, enrolled on the 30th of 
September 1861, as Quartermaster Sergeant of 



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the 37th Regiment of Indiana Infantry. Was 
honorably discharged and returned to his home 
near New Salem, Indiana, where his wife and 
son, J. D., still reside. 



Ann, second daughter of James and Nancy 
Smith Young, was born November 5, 1797. 
Married James McCorkle. To them were born 
seven children : Hannah, Jane, John, James H., 
Robert, Rebecca Ann, and Nancy Margaret. 
We were unable to obtain further data concern- 
ing the family of Ann Young McCorkle. 



Rebecca, third daughter of James and Nancy 
Smith Young, was born October 9, 1799. Mar- 
ried William Norwood. To them were born 
two children : James Madison and Alexander 

Young. 

Rebecca Young and her husband, William 
Norw^ood, emigrated to Iowa and made a home 
in the suburbs of Washington where they lived 



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to a good old age. On the death of her husband 
Rebecca Young lived most of the remainder of 
her life with the famil}" of her son James M. 
Norwood. 

James Madison, son of Rebecca Young Nor- 
wood, was born April 2\, 1821, in Kentucky. 
Married Rebecca Ireland September 10, 1840. 
To them were born nine children : Nancy- 
Young, William C, William Samuel, Sarah 
Virginia, James Harvey, John Stewart, Rosa- 
belle Blanche, Albert Roswell, Louisa Ireland, 

James Madison Norwood died October 24, 
1889. His wife lives with her daughter in 
Davenport; Iowa. 

Nancy Young, daughter of James Norwood, 
was born August 31, 1841. Died November 16, 
1850. 

William C, son of James Norwood, was born 
May 29, 1845. Died September 29, 1845. 

William Samuel, son of James Norwood, was 
born August 15, 1847. Married Julia E. Blakely, 
April 15, 1875. To them were born four chil- 



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dren : Minetta Belle, February 23, 1876 ; died 
August 26, 1890. William, January ir, 1878; 
died August 30, 1890. Jessie, December 23, 
1888; died August 24, 1890. Lena, born Sep- 
tember 3, 1892. 

Sarah Virginia, daughter of James Norwood, 
was born September 2, 18^0. Married James W. 
Stringfellow, December 24, 1874. To them were 
born two children: Blanche, May 21st, 1880, 
Walter, August 8, 1882. 

James Harvey, son of James Norwood, was 
born December 17, 1852. Married Josie L. 
Laughlin, April 18, 1878. To them were born 
two children : Helen, March 20, 1879 ; Chloe 
R. , September 8, 1884. 

John Stewart, son of James Norwood, was 
born March 18, 1856. Married Carrie Crawford 
March 28, 1884. To them were born three chil- 
dren : Faith, March 28, 1885, George C, July 
27, 1888, Charlene, September 6, 1892. 

Rosabelle Blanche, daughter of James Nor- 



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wood, was born April 14, 1858, is unmarried and 
lives with her mother in Davenport, Iowa. 

Albert Roswell was born April 17, 1861. Died 
October 12, 1864. 

lyouisa Ireland, daughter of James Norwood, 
was born September 26, 1866. Married Jesse A. 
Winger April 15, 1886. To them were born 
four children : I^orena, January 18, 1887, Rich- 
ard, October 30, 1888, Frank, January 11, 1890, 
Faith, November 8, 1896. 



Of Nancy, fourth daughter of James and Nancy 
Smith Young, we have scant information. She 
was born September 7, 1801, and married first 
James Henry. To this marriage was born a 
daughter. 

On the death of James Henry, Nancy Young 
married David Stewart, and to her was born a 
son. We were unable to get the names of either 
of these children, or to learn if they are living. 



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Betsy, fifth daughter of James and Nancy 
Smith Young, was born June 1803. Married 
Arthur Butler ; no children. I^ived in Indiana. 



Sally, seventh daughter of James and Nancy 
Smith Young was born April 20, 1805. Married 
John McCorkle, To them were born three chil- 
dren, all now deceased. 



James Harvey, third son of James and Nancy 
Smith Young, was born April 24, 1807. Married 
Margaret Morrison Henry, September 9, 1830. 
Their home was at first in Fleming County, 
Kentucky, where their children, seven in num- 
ber were born : Elizabeth Jane, Nancy Ann, 
Mary Steele, Robert Simpson, James Henry, 
L,etitia Helen, Gilbert Gordon. 

James Harvey Young and family removed to 
Washington, Iowa, and in that town made their 
home. James Harvey Young died November 



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17, I §5 1, his wife Margaret Henry Young", 
reared their family in the home in Washington, 
and died there September 13, 1884. 

Elizabeth Jane, daughter of James Harvey 
Young, was born November 18, 1831. Married 
Allen Conger October 20, 1852, and their home 
was first in Washington. They emigrated to 
Kansas, where they spent a few years, then re- 
turned to Washington. Elizabeth inherited 
from her father's estate, the old homestead 
where the family now live. To them were 
born ten children : James Gilbert, Charles 
Fitch, Allen Alonzo, William Henry, Robert 
Ralph, Hueston, Elmer Ellsworth, Margaret 
Bessie, Julius Albert and Murray Howard. 

Allen Conger died May 6, 1899. 

James Gilbert, son of Elizabeth Young Conger, 
was born August 28, 1853, is unmarried and lives 
with his mother at the home in Washington. 

Charles Fitch, son of Elizabeth Young Conger, 
was born May 17, 1856. Married Deborah J. 
Garrett March 17, 1886. To them were born 
three children : Helen, June 25, 1887 ; Frank 



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July 13, 1889; Grace, October 26, 1891. Their 
home is in Keota, Iowa. 

Allen Alonzo, son of Elizabeth Young Conger, 
was born December 8, 1857, Married Mary 
Fulton Anderson, September 4, 1889. To them 
was born a daughter, Mabel, September 18, 1892. 
Their home is in Sacramento, Cal. 

William Henry, son of Elizabeth Young Con- 
ger, was born April 8, 1859. Married Mary 
Ellen McNamara, June 21, 1894. To them were 
born two children : Corrinne, September 25, 
1897, who died May 2, 1898, a daughter, 
August, 1901, name not giv^en. Their home 
was in Chicago and there the two children were 
born. 

Robert Ralph, son of Elizabeth Young Conger, 
was born March 20, 1861, was unmarried and 
lived with his parents in Washington until the 
war with Spain in Cuba began, went as a vol- 
unteer and served to near the close of the war 
when he was taken ill and died, August 3:, 1898. 



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Harvey Hueston, son of Elizabeth Young Con- 
ger, was born January 2, 1863. Died December 
19, 1863. 

Elmer Ellsworth, son of Elizabeth Young Con- 
ger, was born October 15, 1864. Married and 
lives in the State of Washington. 

Margaret Bessie, daughter of Elizabeth Young 
Conger, was born January 26, 1867, is unmar- 
ried and lives in the family home, Washington, 
Iowa. 

Julius Albert was born December 24, 1869. 
Married Cora Williams, October 18, 1898. 

Murray Howard was born November 20, 1872. 
Married Cleta Malin, May 22, 1901. 



Nancy Ann, second daughter of James Harvey 
and Margaret Morrison Young, was born August 
I, 1834. Married Robert C. Anderson, October 
17, 1855. They had no children. Lived near 



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Washington, Iowa. Nancy Ann Young Ander- 
son died October 7, 1895. 

Mary Steele, third daughter of James Harvey 
and Margaret Morrison Young was born April 
26, 1836. Died June 20, 1837. 

Robert Simpson, son of James Harvey and 
Margaret Morrison Young was born October 22, 
1838, was unmarried. He enlisted in the army 
in 1 861, in Washington, Iowa, in Company C, 
8th Iowa Infantry Volunteers. Captain W. B. 
Bell, Col. Geddes. Rendevous Davenport, Iowa. 
Was first ordered to St. Louis, Mo., then to 
Sedalia, Mo., then to Springfield, Mo., to Fort 
Henry, Fort Donaldson and to Pittsburg Land- 
ing. Here he was taken prisoner and after some 
months died in prison at Macon, Georgia, Octo- 
ber 21, 1862. 

James Henry, second son of James Harvey 
and Margaret Morrison Young, was born May 
9, 1 84 1. Married Nancy Elizabeth Laughead 
on November 27, 1867. 

Their home was in Washington for several 



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years, then they removed to Pasadena, California, 
where they now reside. 

James Henry enlisted August 15, 1862, at 
Washington, Iowa, in Company C, 19th Iowa 
Infantry, Captain F. H. Stanton, Col. B. Crabb. 
Went into camp at Keokuk, Iowa. His war 
itinerary was as follows : St. I^ouis, Mo.; 
Springfield, Missouri ; Wilson's Creek, Missouri ; 
Pea Ridge, Prairie Grove and Van Buren, Arkan- 
sas ; Rolla and St. Louis, Missouri ; Vicksburg 
and Yazoo City, Missouri ; Port Hudson, New 
Orleans and Morganzia, I^ouisiana; Battle ot 
Sterling Farm, I^ouisiana ; Brazos and Santiago 
and Brownsville, Texas ; New Orleans ; Pensa- 
cola, Florida ; Mobile, Spanish Fort, Fort Morgan 
and Fort Gaines, Alabama. 

Battles engaged in were at Prairie Grove and 
Van Buren, Arkansas ; Siege of Vicksburg ; 
capture of Yazoo City; Battle of Sterling Farm, 
l/ouisiana, where almost his entire regiment was 
captured ; bombardment of Mobile and Fort 
Morgan, Alabama. Was frequently engaged in 
skirmishes which did not have the dignity in 
those times to be called battles. Was neither 



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wounded nor in prison during the service, but 
was sick much of the time during the last year 
of the war. Was honorably discharged at Mo- 
bile, Alabama, and reached his home. Washing- 
ton, Iowa, early in August, 1865. 

I<etitia Helen, third daughter of James Harvey 
and Margaret Morrison Young, was born April 
5, 1843. Married David James Palmer October 
25, 1866. Lives in Washington, Iowa. 

Gilbert Gordon, third son of James Harvey 
and Margaret Morrison Young was born Novem- 
ber 9, 1848. Died September 9, 1850. . 



John, youngest son of James and Nancy Smith 
Young, was born January 21, 181 1. Married 
Mary Jane Adams in 1839. To them were born 
nine children : James Alexander, Robert Smith, 
John Newton, Nancy Steele, Mary, Sarah Ann, 
William Harvey, Cordelia and Agnes Adelaide. 

John Young lived first on the farm near Flem- 
ingsburgh, Kentucky, inherited from his father, 



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James Young, I^ater he emigrated to Washing- 
ington, Iowa, where he lived to the time of 
his death. 

James Alexander, son of John Young, was 
born October 22, 1840. Married Malinda Wil- 
son. To them were born five children : John 
Webster, James Lester, Robert Anderson, Cora 
Almeda, Nancy May. 

James Alexander Young enlisted in Company 
D 9th Iowa Cavalry, served through the war 
and was honorably discharged at its close. Died 
in 1887. His family home is in Missouri. 

Robert Smith Young, second son of John 
Young, was born May 19, 1842. Married 
Mary Ella Robbins. To them was born a 
daughter, Ella U. On the death of his wife 
Mary Ella, he married Emma Robbins To 
them were born two children : Ada Irene and 
Eva L. On the death of his wife Emma he mar- 
ried Anna To them were born two children, 
Everett and Mabel. On the death of his wife 
Anna he married Mary Malisa Frew. To them 



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were born two children, La visa Ann and Lorena. 

Ella U. , first daughter of Robert Smith 
Young, married William A. Cherry. To them 
v»'ere born three children : Mary Margaret, Ula 
and Benjamin. 

Ada Irene, second daughter of Robert Smith 
Young, married Charles Shirtliff. To them 
were born two chidren : Mabel and Myrtle. 

Eva L., third daughter of Robert Smith Young, 
married Fred H. Martin. 

Robert Smith Young enlisted in the army on 
July 15, 1 86 1 in Co. H 7th Iowa Infantry, Wash- 
ington, Iowa, was sent to Camp Warren, in Bur- 
lington, Iowa, July 20, was ordered first to St. 
Louis then to Iron Mountain, Mo., from there to 
Cape Gueraradeau, on the Mississippi liver, from 
there to Bird's Point, Mo. 

On the night of November 6, 1861, his regi- 
ment with four others sailed down the Mississippi 
river landing on the Missouri side about four 
miles above Columbus, Kentucky. This was 
General Grant's first engagement, Belmont, Mo. 
Co. D went into battle with fifty-two men, had 



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fifteen k-lled and twenty-three wounded and four 
taken prisoners. Robert Smith Young was one 
of these. They were held five days at Columbus, 
were then sent to Memphis, Tenn. , and confined 
in a negro jail, and remained there till March, 
1862. Were then taken to Corinth and then to 
Mobile, Ala., from there by way of boat up the 
Alabama, the Tonsbigby and the Black Warrior 
to Tuscaloosa, Ala. They were here confined in 
the old Capitol building and met here the prisoners 
captured at the battle of Shiloh ; of that number 
was Robert Simpson Young, son of James Har- 
vey Young. From there they were removed to 
Montgomery, Ala., and afterward to Macon, 
Georgia. From there they were taken to Colum- 
bia, South Carolina, and thence to Raleigh, 
North Carolina, then to Petersburgh, then to 
Richmond and to Libby prison. On the 17th 
day of October he with his comrades was paroled 
out of that prison, going to the flag-of-truce boat 
at Aikin's lyanding on the James river, Va., after 
eleven months and ten days as prisoners of war. 
They went to Annapolis, Md., and fmm there to 
Washington, D. C, thence to Harrisburg, Pitts- 



75 

burgh, and finally to Columbus, Kentucky, then 
to Corinth, Miss , and on August lo, 1864, he 
was honorably discharged and returned to his 
home in Washington, Iowa, where he now lives. 

John Newton, third son of John Young, 
was born February 5, 1844. Married Marie 
Farley. To them were born three children : 
Nettie, Minnie and Barton. 

Nettie, daughter of John Newton Young, mar- 
ried William Wright. 

John Newton Young enlisted in Co. C 19th 
Iowa Infantry. Left Washington, Iowa, on the 
13th of August 1862, went into camp at Keokuk, 
Iowa, was first sent to St. Louis, then to Rolla, 
Mo., ihen to Springfield to meet Price and Mar- 
mad uke. Was with his regiment through the 
vvar and was honorably discharged and returned 
to his home, Washington, Iowa. 

Naacy Steele, daughter of John Young, was 
born 18-^7, and died in 1867. 

Saiah Ann, daughter of John Young, mar- 



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ried William Phillips. To them was born a 
daughter. Mary. 

On the death of William Phillips, Sarah Ann 
Young married W. O. Bain. To them were 
born five children : Lilly, Isaac, Grace, John 
and Emanuel. 

Mary, daughter of Sarah Ann Young and 
William Phillips, married Joseph Elliott. To 
them were born two children. 

William Harvey, youngest son of John Young, 
was born September 26, 1855. Married Flora E. 
Winters November 11, 1883. To them were born 
eight children : Fannie, June 20, 1884, Fred, 
August 31, 1886, Flora Algemond, February, 
1888, Ella Pauline and Etta Christine, April 
17, 1890, Willie Velma, 1893, Frank Winters, 
April 7, 1895, John, September 7, 1898. 

Cordelia and Agnes Adelaide, daughters of 
John Young, were unmarried and both died in 
young girlhood. 



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The crest and motto which adorns the cover of 
this book is one of several belonging to the 
family of Young. It may, and it may not be- 
long to this particular branch of that great name. 
It does not indicate royalty, but is ascribed to 
the order of Esq., or gentleman. To this order 
our ancient ancestor unquestionably belonged ; 
in fact in the generations between that period 
and the present time the family of Young has 
continued to produce gentleman — men of rare 
and sterling quality — gentlemen who have won 
distinction as statesmen, soldiers, lawyers, doc- 
tors and clergymen, as artists, artisans and 
farmers. 

Though few of the name Young can be 
counted among the millionaires of this land, 
yet all or nearly all as far as we can learn have 
been in generations past, and still remain the 
holders of the farm or town lot upon which 
their own roof tree was planted. 

We are sure, therefore, that no one will ques- 
tion our right to the insignia and to the senti- 
ment it expresses : ToMjours Jeime. 



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